Category: Abstract

The ENP Goes Back to the Game of Old Geopolitics Initially built and envisioned in a very different context, the ENP was conceived as the EU’s alternative to traditional geopolitics…. Read more »

Towards an Effective Division of Labour or Conflict ‘in and Around Ukraine’ as a Game Changer for the EU’s Engagement with Eastern Europe? The aim of this case study is… Read more »

The Consistency Level of the Promotion of Rule of Law in the EU Policy Towards Israel The EU is among the first global actors that linked their relations with third… Read more »

EU Foreign Direct Investment Policy and Human Rights. A Normative Power Europe? The acquisition, through the Treaty of Lisbon, of the exclusive competence to negotiate international trade and investment treaties… Read more »

Perceptions of the Legitimacy of the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union The CSDP progressed rapidly from a reactive defence, typical of States, to a proactive design… Read more »

Immigration x Security: the FRONTEX’s Role on EU External Border Control European Union in the last years has developed its role as global actor, especially on the security field. Facing… Read more »

Security for Whom? Analysing SSR from a Southern Neighbourhood Perspective In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, Security Sector Reforms (SSR) were considered to be one of the best tools… Read more »

Security and Defence in the World-system Semi-periphery: The Cases of Italy and Portugal The security and defence policies of EU states results from the combination of a national agenda, and… Read more »

Terrorism and Other Threats to European Heritage In 2015 European Union leaders asked Federica Mogherini, European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to prepare an EU Global… Read more »

Conditionality in EU Trade Policy: The Impact of Peru and Colombia Trade Agree The European Union constitutes a sui generis international organisation and presents itself as a normative actor. One… Read more »